Census returns 1851 onwards
1851
Place of residence: Brow, Haworth Township
Daniel Dyson age 51 Sowerby Bridge Head, Widower
Woolcomber
George Dyson, age 25 Haworth
Son Woolcomber
Ann Dyson age 14 Haworth daughter
Factory girl
Alexander Dyson age 11 Haworth son,
Woolcomber
Rebecca Dyson age 9 Haworth daughter
Factory girl
1851 (Alexander’s Brother – Daniel’s son)
Place of residence: Church Street, Haworth
Greenwood Dyson age 20 Head
Mary Dyson (nee Holmes) age 19 Wife
Elizabeth Dyson 6 months Daughter
1851 Susey Simpson (to be wife of Alexander Dyson)
Residence : Stanbury
John Simpson 33 born Leeds, Yorks Head
Susey Simpson (nee Eastwood) 34 born Haworth, Yorks Wife
Susey Simpson 5 born Haworth, Yorks Dau
Jonas Simpson 3 born Haworth, Yorks Son
Bronte News
1853 Crimean War begins.1853 January, Villette published. 1854 June 29,
Charlotte marries A. B. Nicholls. 1855 March 31, Charlotte dies.
1861 -1871
1861 Abraham Lincoln becomes president. 1862 American Civil War begins. 1863 Manet paints Déjeuner sur l’herbe. Alice in Wonderland published 1865. The anaesthetic Ether had been introduced in 1847 and now in 1865 antiseptic was used in operations. 1867 Dynamite invented by Nobel. Prime ministers: 1859 – 65 Viscount Palmerston, liberal.
CENSUS RETURNS 1861
1861
Place of residence: Haworth Bents 9/3229
Daniel Dyson 57 Farmer 19 acres Sowerby
Bridge
Widower
Joseph Dyson 27 Labourer Haworth
son Single
Ann Dyson 20 Worsted weaver Haworth dau
Single
Rebecca Dyson 19 Worsted weaver Haworth dau Single
1861
Place of residence: North Ives Bottom Oxenhope
George Dyson 35 Farmer 12 acres Head Single
Alexander Dyson 21 Farm Labourer Brother
Single
Alexander married Susey Simpson on 22nd December 1862. She was born in the Haworth area in 1844. He was 21 and she was 18. They were both resident in North Ives, Oxenhope at the time of their marriage and were married in Oxenhope Parish Church.His occupation is listed as carter at the baptism of his first 3 children on October 6, 1867 and the family is still resident at North Ives.
Births of -
Eve Dyson (daughter of Greenwood and Mary Dyson) born June 1864 -Keighley
9a 199
Lilly Ann Dyson (daughter of Alexander and Susey Dyson) born 8th April 1865
Keighley 9a 195
Thompson Dyson (son of Alexander and Susey Dyson) born 8th April 1867
Keighley 9a 203
Squire Dyson (son of Joseph and Rebecca Dyson) born 1867
Keighley 9a 195
Marriage of
Rebbecca Dyson (daughter of Daniel and Harriot Dyson) to James Redman 1862
Keighley 9a 300
Ann
Dyson (daughter of Daniel and Harriot Dyson) to William Sunderland 1863
Keighley 9a 250
CENSUS RETURNS 1871
4323 Far Oxenhope Holme Mill
Daniel Dyson 67 Farmer Servant Sowerby Bridge
Widower
4323 Far Oxenhope Oxenhope Mill
Alexander Dyson Head 30 Farmer 10 acres Haworth
Married
Susey Dyson Wife 24 Haworth
Married
Frank Dyson son 7 scholar Oxenhope(b.
1864)
Single
Lily
Ann Dyson dau 5 Oxenhope (b.
1865)Single
Thompson Dyson son 3 Oxenhope (b.
1868)Single
Ada
Dyson dau 6 months Oxenhope (b. 1870)Single